vor sich ging

was going on

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phrase Uncommon #21,222
was going on Past-tense form of “vor sich gehen,” used to talk about what was happening.
GE: Ich verstand nicht, was vor sich ging.
EN: I didn’t understand what was going on.

Tom begriff, was vor sich ging.

Tom realized what was going on.

Borea erklärte, was vor sich ging.

Borea explained what was going on.

Tom rannte nach unten, um zu sehen, was vor sich ging.

Tom ran downstairs to see what was going on.

Langsam begriff Tom, was vor sich ging.

Tom slowly began to understand what was going on.

Und irgendwie hatte niemand bemerkt, dass etwas vor sich ging.

And somehow, no one had noticed that anything was going on.

Alle eilten auf die andere Seite des Schiffes, um zu sehen, was vor sich ging.

Everyone rushed to the other side of the ship to see what was going on.

Layla begriff, was vor sich ging.

Layla realized what was going on.

Tom wusste nicht, was wirklich vor sich ging.

Tom didn’t know what was really going on.

Tom wusste nicht so recht, was vor sich ging.

Tom wasn't really sure what was going on.

Ich konnte nicht genau erkennen, was da vor sich ging.

I couldn't make out exactly what was going on.

Ich durfte Tom nicht sagen, was vor sich ging.

I wasn't allowed to tell Tom what was going on.

Tom lugte zur Tür hinaus, um zu sehen, was da vor sich ging.

Tom peeked out the door to see what was going on.

Tom wusste nicht, was vor sich ging.

Tom didn't know what was going on.

Deswegen bemerkte ich nicht, was in Rio vor sich ging.

That's why I didn't notice what was happening in Rio.

— Elite Squad: Im Sumpf der Korruption (2010)